Clothes-rack



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CLOTHES RACK.

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411A. mmm-10N.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID A. EPPERSON, OF HAUBS'IADT, INDIANA.

CLOTH ES-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,470, dated March'7,

Application tiled December 31, 1881. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAviD A. EPPERsoN, of Haubstadt, in the county ofGibson and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Racks; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,which form a part of this specilication.

Figure lis a side view. Fig. 2 is an end View; and Fig. 3 is an endview, showing the device folded.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like lettersof reference.

This invention relates to clothes racks or driers; and it consists incertain improvements in the construction of the same, which will behereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed outl in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A A represent the sides of my improvedclothes-rack, which consist of two sets of lazy-tongs made up in theusual manner of slats B pivoted together. The sides are connected bycrosspieces C, the ends of which form the pivots upon which the slats Bare mounted, so as to be capable of being folded together. The ends ofthe lower cross-pieces C project beyond the slats B on both sides of theframe, as shown at D, and to the said projecting ends D are hinged rodsE, of a length about equal to the height of the frame or rack. In asimilar manner the ends of the upper cross-pieces C project, as at F,and to the said projecting ends -or brackets F are hinged rods G,provided upon their under sides with a series of notches, H, to receivethe upper sharpened point or ends of the4 corresponding rods E, asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

The operation of my invention and its advantages will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with thedrawings hereto' annexed. The frame or rack is to be extended in theusual manner, and its upper and middle cross-pieces C serve to supportthe clothes which may be hung upon them for drying purposes. To increasethe capacity of the rack the rods or arms G may be extended andsupported in a horizontal position by the rods E, the upper ends ofwhich are adjusted in the notches H in the under sides of said arms. Itwill be seen that when the rack is but slightly extended the rods E areto be adjusted 'in the inner notches H, while when it is widely extendedthey must be adjusted in the outer notches Hof the arms G, in order toinsure a horizontal position of the latter.

The rods E and arms G being hinged to the projecting ends of thecross-pieces C, as herein described, they maybe easily and convenientlyfolded against the sides of the rack, whether the latter be extended orfolded. It will thus be seen that they greatly increase the capac ity ofthe rack without materially increasing the bulk.

Having thus described my invention, l claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- As an improvement in clothes-dryingracks, the lazy-tongs sides A A, connected by crosspieces C G, havingprojecting ends D F, provided with hinged rods E, and hinged arms Gr,having notches H, substantially as herein described, for the purposeshown and specied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID A. EPPERSON.

Witnesses a Guns. H. RroToR, GEORGE B. TRIBLE.

